How to reline a hills rotary clothesline model FD88002

Hi Bonnie,

The Hills Everyday Villa 37 has a breeze brake which is the top section of the clothesline. What this does is locks the clothesline in position to allow for ******* on windy days.

To get the clothesline to Free Wheel you need to make sure it is wound up enough to miss this breeze brake section and allow it to spin in the wind.

If you are looking for more help you can further documentation on Hills Rotary clotheslines here https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com.au/folding-rotary-clotheslines/hills-everyday-37

For replacement parts you can also find help and advice here https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com.au/clothesline-spare-parts

You can also find a great video on this product here to

This may assist


"I found that Hills don't sell new line kits direct anymore, so I got some poly core line from Mitre 10, 60m for $30.

Study how the original line was strung through the clips and how it was tied at each end, and you will find that you have to remove 4 plastic wedges which secure the line in the end caps, these things

http://www.breezedryer.com/index.php?p=product&id=792

The wedge is not shown. You just push it out upwards. Then cut away and pull out the old line from all the clips, these things

http://www.breezedryer.com/index.php?p=product&id=741

Then tie the line onto one end cap as it was before, and restring the whole hoist. To get the line into the clips, you can carefully lever a bit with a screwdriver.

Don't worry too much about tension yet, just leave the line a bit slack on each run. You will have to pass the coil of line over the top of the arms many times. Finally cut it off after the final run, leaving enough line hanging down to secure the arms in a bunch when the hoist is folded up.

Make the final knot as it was, and then, without skewing the arms sideways, remove any slack going around and outwards, and finally pull in and tighten the final knot at the outer end, and replace the 4 wedges.

The line will stretch, so you may need this final step once more.

use u clamps to help them they are small and do the job your local hardware will have them

Wrap a chain or rope around the base, and then around a 2" x 4" length of lumber (or somesuch) near the end. Put one end of the board on the ground, and lift the other end.

Use it as a lever to pull straight up and remove it.

To restring the Hills Everyday 37 rotary clothesline FD88010 you are going to need a couple of tools which include a small screw driver and a set of cutters to cut the new line cord.

You will also need to order a pack of line, which for this unit would need to be the 70m pack from Hills. Here is a link to the line pack you would need.

https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com.au/clothesline-spare-parts/hills-70m-polycore-replacement-pack-grey-FD903530

Here is a great video on the process to restring the Hills Everyday 37 rotary clothesline FD88010


If you need to access the Everyday 37 manual you can do so here and download it.
Hills Everyday 37 Rotary Clothesline Owners Manual FD88010

Hills line clips could be something that you may also need in the restring process as these do tend to break on the older models of this unit. Below is a link to the Hills line clips that fit the Hills Everyday 37 FD88010 model.

Hills Rotary Clothesline Line Clip Pack of 6 FD902506

www.hillshome.com

www.hillshome.com.au/spare-parts

if you throwing it out just get a disc grinder and cut it off at ground l level if ya want to reuse spray freeing oil into socket leave a coupla hours and use a stilsen to turn clothes line should free it for removal

this link works http://www.breezecatcher.com/pages/How-to-rethread-a-rotary-clothesline